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June 28, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Days 27 and 28
Hello there!
On June 27th, I wrote 548 words.
Today, I wrote 352 words.
June 26, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Days 24, 25, 26
On the 24th, I wrote 708 words.
On the 25th, I wrote 845 words. It was my deceased brother’s birthday and each year it’s a struggle. He would have been 44 years old.
Today, I wrote 1,084 words.
Little by little, it’s coming together.
June 25, 2020
Agent Kelly Peterson at Rees Literary Agency
Kelly Peterson is a West Chester University graduate with a B.S.Ed in English and Literature. She worked as a Junior Literary Agent for two years before moving to Rees Literary Agency, continuing to champion her authors and the manuscripts she loves. Kelly seeks manuscripts in various genres within Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult age ranges. In Middle Grade, she loves fantasy, sci-fi, and contemporary that touches on tough issues for young readers. Her Young Adul...
June 23, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Day 23
Today I wrote 663 words.
I plan on writing a little bit more tonight, but I want to do it in my notebook and then transfer it later. I want a break from this screen. 
Lose the Laundry
This entertaining and enlightening post will help writers to not only strengthen, but also focus their prose with dominant impression, (no, no, NO to laundry list) thus keeping their readers engaged through purposeful detailed writing. When it comes to dominant impression, I don’t know why, but I’m getting Chekhov’s gun vibes meets the literary elements of mood . . . and I am loving it! Well worth the read!
June 22, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Days 21 and 22
Yesterday was Father’s Day.
I wrote off and on throughout the day in between other stuff (giving my husband some much needed free time to himself), producing trickles of words every now and then on the pages of my handy, dandy notebook. I have yet to transfer the words from paper to computer.
Today, I wrote 1,468 words. 
Seduced by Second-Person Point of View
The first time I dipped my toes in this intimate and imperative style was while reading “Choose Your Own Adventure” books.
Oh, and prior to that time was when my mom read “The Monster at the End of This Book” told by lovable Grover.
In my high school honors class, I remember reading another second-person point of view book that had originally been written in Spanish and a cat was on the front cover. At this time, my memory fails me and I can’t think of the title. I tried using Google, but lackin...
June 21, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Days 19 and 20
On Friday, I wrote only a couple hundred words for my WIP in between submitting work to markets.
On Saturday, I wrote a couple hundred more and editing the first five pages. Though I haven’t been meeting my daily minimum word count goal, I’m glad that I’m still writing every day. Every word counts. 
Switched
This! All.Of.This! “In the end, Kaga is what saved this drama for me. When he was trying to laugh through his tears at the end when he still brought Ayumi and Koshiro together despite his own feelings and everything he’d done, that was the one moment I had feels. Somebody give this guy a medal and a a really big hug for me. Oh, and I don’t know if I’m the only one, but doesn’t Daiki Shigeoka look like Yamapi? Like, A LOT?” I bawled watching Kaga when he was smiling through his tears. He’s so end...
June 18, 2020
JuNoWriMo 2020 Day 18
Today, I wrote 2,882 words.
Some of those words were dedicated to a short story (submission windows are open for A LOT of markets!) and a future blog post.
I’m going to continue writing a little more this evening.
